Author: Sus Schmitt

Sus Schmitt has been on the staff of Cru since 1975 serving in the area of technology. She writes several blogs and is currently assisting Cru staff to use technology for ministry.
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Facebook Friends around the World

Sus Schmitt

Taking a sample of ten million pairs of friends, an engineering intern at Facebook created this data map to show which cities had a lot of friendships between them. (Read how he did it.)

Not surprisingly, you can even detect some political borders in the data. Logically, many people would have most friends within their country. I also noticed a lot of connections between North and South America and also between Europe and North Africa, roughly from the Strait of Gibraltar to the Gulf of Tunis. Iceland, Russia, and other countries don’t appear (as a country shape) in the data map, but it’s possible to see where Reykjavik, Iceland, and Moscow, Russia, are located.

I’m a visual learner and love data, so I found this data map fascinating. What does this image tell you? Continue reading Facebook Friends around the World

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Google Goggles

Sus Schmitt

If you have a mobile phone, you might be interested in downloading the free Google Goggles app, especially (but not necessarily) if you do a lot of traveling. This mobile app allows you to do searches with images.   You take a photo of something and then search: in order to locate information about a book on the internet to identify a landmark to translate an item on a menu to identify products and artwork You can also take a photo of a business card and move the information to the contact list on your phone. How are you using Google … Continue reading Google Goggles

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e4e in your eMail inbox on Mondays

Sus Schmitt

I’d love for you to subscribe to the new eQuipping for eMinistry weekly eMail.  You’ll receive an update every Monday with the previous week’s posts. (Click here to view a sample eMail.) Your subscription will help me know which topics you’re most interested in reading so I can provide better posts and resources.  Also, you can easily help others who want to learn how to use technology for ministry by forwarding your e4e eMails to your friends.  You could start right now by forwarding the most recent eMail with the digital nativity video. Click here to sign up for the … Continue reading e4e in your eMail inbox on Mondays

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Using Technology in Bible Study

Sus Schmitt

I’m not writing much today because I hope this video inspires you to consider how you might do something similar in your ministry.  So, I’m hoping YOU will write and let me know: if you are doing something similar or if this video  gets you thinking of something you might like to try with Facebook, Twitter, mobile phones, or some other technology. This additional video testimony for YouVersion is similar, but slightly different, too. Related Posts: Online Bibles Bible Reading Plans Help Me Stay on Track from Seabourn.org Continue reading Using Technology in Bible Study